(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Danger of an onslaught on Palestine crops by a horde of locusts was averted when a wind swept the pests away toward the southeastern desert.
A horde of locusts appeared near Petra. The Palestine Government despatched experts to save the crops but the danger had passed when they arrived.
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